#99 - Kushina, your friend is me, Seiji!

"Minato?"

Qing Si appropriately revealed a hint of doubt.

For a woman as artless as Kushina, Qing Si's acting was effortless.

Only when facing Jonin like Mikoto and Nonoyu would Qing Si be more cautious.

Even with a single glance or small gesture, Qing Si would try to act a little more "innocent."

Of course, most of the time there was no need to act, as the emotions were natural.

"Is it that blonde guy up front, the popular big brother?"

Qing Si pointed to Namikaze Minato, who was being swarmed by people and praised by other female ninjas.

Those female ninjas looked excited when they saw Namikaze Minato, excitedly discussing with their companions whether to ask Minato out and whether he would accept their invitations.

"Um… he is Minato."

Kushina nodded gently.

"He looks very handsome."

Qing Si expressed his understanding.

Namikaze Minato was currently a genius and sunny handsome young man, so it was perfectly normal for him to be sought after by the women of his generation.

Or rather, people with these qualities would be welcomed wherever they went.

"Kushina, then why aren't you going over there?"

Qing Si asked knowingly.

Actually, this was already the edge of the sealing barrier; walking a few more meters would completely leave the sealing barrier.

Such a thing was absolutely forbidden for Kushina, and the Anbu sent to monitor her would stop her immediately.

"I… don't like going too far."

Kushina hesitated for a moment, not telling Qing Si about this.

She possessed a monster like the "Nine-Tails" within her, which was a top secret of Konoha.

Only a few high-level individuals knew about this, and even the Sannin were unaware.

"Is that so? How about I give you this to relieve your boredom?"

Qing Si took out a sealing scroll from his waist.

He currently had two sealing scrolls on him, one that Mikoto had helped him get for free from the Cat Granny, and another that Uchiha Hazuki gave as a bonus with ten sets of chainmail.

The former was responsible for storing Qing Si's ninjato, a meter and a half long sword, which was quite long for him now, and carrying a ten-kilogram weapon at all times would be very heavy, so Qing Si used the sealing scroll to store it except when fighting.

He would only summon it when needed.

For the latter, Qing Si put all the chainmail at home, leaving space to copy three movie videotapes from the movie theater, as well as a small video recorder and display screen, which could be used to play them.

"This is… what is this?"

Kushina looked at Qing Si, who suddenly took out a sealing scroll and took out something that looked like a tape.

"This is a videotape. Kushina, have you seen a movie before?"

"I've seen it, I've seen it. I've seen that thing, it's where some people move inside, right?"

Kushina's originally dim tone recovered a bit.

For her in the past, going to the cinema to see those strange scenes was a precious experience.

Unfortunately, after she became a Jinchuriki, she never went to those places again.

"Yes, last time you came to the bookstore looking for books, saying you were bored, I was thinking if it was because you were too bored usually. Later I had something to do and didn't see you, but I also earned some money and wanted to install one at home to relieve boredom, and just happened to run into you."

"But… going to Qing Si's house is a bit…"

Kushina lowered her eyes.

Her bright red hair was simply tied up with a hairpin, and a strand of hair slipped from her forehead.

Even if Qing Si's house had movies to watch, she couldn't go, it was too far.

"No, Kushina, I want to give this to you."

Qing Si shook his head, put the videotape into the sealing scroll, and handed it to Kushina, saying:

"There's also a video recorder inside, you can play it at home."

Qing Si's tone was calm.

Although his house was old, it was quite big.

He was very welcome for Kushina to come home to play, and it was okay to just sleep when she was tired.

But even without the sealing barrier, Kushina couldn't just enter and leave the Uchiha compound.

It was already good that Qing Si could talk to Kushina without being driven away directly.

A Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki entering and leaving a large clan at will was a very sensitive issue.

"Eh."

Kushina pursed her tempting and elastic lips, surprised that Qing Si would be so kind.

And she had only mentioned the topic of boredom once, but Qing Si remembered it so well.

"But I don't know how to use it."

Kushina declined Qing Si's kindness, even if she took it, she wouldn't know how to use it.

"It's very simple, I'll come to your door to help you install it."

Qing Si probed.

This sentence was actually not said to Kushina, but to the two Anbu hidden somewhere.

In the plot, even Obito could contact Kushina, and Kushina even sent Obito and others food many times.

This behind represents that the Uchiha were not absolutely unable to contact the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.

After all, there were not many people who knew that Kushina was a Jinchuriki, and if too many people were rejected from contact, it would be a cover-up.

"Okay."

Kushina agreed quickly.

A movie was one or two hours, and she didn't know how many movies had been released over the years, which was enough for her to pass the time watching.

She started to lead the way in front, beckoning Qing Si to follow.

Qing Si hesitated for a step, and seeing that no one came to stop him, a hint of a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he quickly followed.

Kushina's house was not a secret place, because the real secrets were all in the "Hokage House".

It was estimated that there was nothing in the Uzumaki clan's shrine either, and the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques should all be preserved in the "Hokage House".

According to the setting in the "Book of Soldiers", the Hokage House was the village chief's house that had been passed down from generation to generation since the First Hokage, and it contained many forbidden scrolls and confidential documents.

The sealing technique that Naruto stole at the beginning was also stolen from here.

Soon, Qing Si arrived at Kushina's house.

This was also where Mito Uzumaki used to live, and after her death, Kushina lived here alone.

The architectural style here was completely different from the surrounding buildings, more like a tower, with a sphere at the top of the tower.

Or rather, this was a "demon lock tower" used to close and seal.

Because this building contained a sealing technique family crest, which always corresponded to the Jinchuriki's seal, forming a double seal to increase the power of the seal.

In Konoha, there was another Uzumaki clan's Namendo, where the gods were enshrined.

Orochimaru obtained the Death God mask from there, so as to use the "Dead Demon Consuming Seal Release" to summon the souls from the Death God's stomach, including the souls of his hands.

"Sorry to bother you."

Qing Si politely changed his shoes in the entrance, fortunately Kushina's house had extra shoes.

He silently observed the decoration and structure of the room.

The entire building should be divided into three floors.

The first floor was the basic infrastructure such as the kitchen, bathroom, and living room, and the second floor was Kushina's room for rest and sleep.

The top floor was a spiral, open room, which was the Uzumaki clan's shrine, engraved with sealing technique family crests.

Whether Kushina was sleeping or doing things, she was always sealed by this force.

In Konoha, there was also another Uzumaki clan's Namendo, where the gods were enshrined.

Orochimaru obtained the Death God mask from there, so as to use the "Dead Demon Consuming Seal Release" to summon the souls from the Death God's stomach, including the souls of his hands.

"This thing needs a bigger place."

Qing Si said.

"Then come with me."

Hearing this, Kushina led Qing Si to a place further inside.

"This place used to be used to pile up sundries, but it was emptied after cleaning."

"Good, very suitable."

Qing Si spread out the sealing scroll and summoned the items inside.

He nailed a few nails on the wall to fix the display screen, and then connected the video recorder with a wire.

After Qing Si was busy for a while, a movie-watching device was added to the sundries room that had nothing.

During the process of Qing Si's installation, Qing Si could feel someone staring at him with obscure eyes.

It was Anbu.

"Okay."

Qing Si spoke, asking Kushina to come and see.

Kushina walked in and found that it was quite decent, only lacking a chair to lie down on.

"It's really troublesome for you, Qing Si, by the way, how much does this cost?"

Kushina said, wanting to take out money to give to Qing Si, Qing Si immediately refused.

"We are friends, why do you need to do this? Doesn't Kushina regard me as a 'friend'?"

Qing Si subtly upgraded the relationship between the two from semi-acquainted strangers who had met a few times to the point of "friends".

"Um… then you are my third friend."

Hearing that Qing Si would regard her as a friend, Kushina felt a little happy in her heart.

When she was a child, only Minato Namikaze approached her because of her red hair.

When she grew up, they had mature social circles with each other, and Kushina couldn't integrate into them alone.

Only her relationship with Mikoto was good.

Now she could add Qing Si.

This was one of the few people who took the initiative to release goodwill towards her.

"That's right, we are friends."

Qing Si smiled slightly.

In the ninja world, "friend" was a synonym for "bond".

It was a word full of magic.

Just as Naruto recognized Sasuke and thought that the two were friends, so even if he broke Sasuke's hands and feet, he would bring him back, full of Konoha-style "bonds".

"By the way, that Hyuga clan girl came to me before."

Kushina suddenly talked about this matter, telling Qing Si to listen.

The first time she met Qing Si was in a small alley where a street lamp was broken, and when she and Qing Si went out, they heard some unfriendly remarks.

That girl came to her again today, saying that the master she was talking to had realized her mistake.

"Hyuga Natsu, huh…"

A trace of understanding flashed in Qing Si's eyes.

It seemed that this guy was unlucky, every time it was when he just happened to go out to look for her.

Qing Si knew that Hyuga Natsu must have come for the matter of Hyuga Ginka.

This meant that his pupil power had another chance to improve.

"Then I'll go back today, you can find me when you're done watching the movie."

Qing Si said.

Kushina can be slowed down for the time being, now that she has established a connection with Kushina, she only needs to carry out follow-up development.

What excuse is more legitimate than coming to exchange videotapes?

He has more time to contact Kushina, and even going to Kushina's house is a matter of course.

It's just to exchange videotapes.

He really wanted to know if contacting Kushina more would explode another entry.

The time he met Kushina in the bookstore, he got [Entry: Legendary Nine-Tails (White)].